Been having trouble posting this blog post from a few days ago. It's been having weird formatting. hopefully this will work.It's a modified version of an entry i sent for a blog contest for Everything Broadway. For the past few days, my Broadway obsession has been growing strong and stronger. I decided that this summer from this point on, (perfect timing since it was just the Summer Solstace) pretty much every book I read will be a play or at least theater related in someway. I finished up "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams. I had never read that play before, but I had read and loved "A streetcar Named Desire" by the same Author. I loved this play almost as much as Streetcar. It was so good! IT takes a lot these days to keep my mind interested in a book, but i finished it in two sittings! Of course the play wasn't the length of a Harry Potter novel, but it kept my attention more than a Harry Potter novel ever did.
I also started "Clybourne Park". I have it on interlibrary loan loan from the library until the 6th of July. It's pretty good so far. I'm reading it because it won the Tony for best play this year and I want to see what the hype is about. Of course, it's probably a lot better to see it live, but i'll read it because i will probably not get the chance to see it at least on Broadway. Perhaps someday i'll see it in a regional theater or a high school production.
I saw the movie Rock Of Ages on opening day. I was prepared to be disappointed because i had seen and loved the musical and I knew they were going to change the plot at least slightly because Catherine Zeta Jones' character (the Mayor's wife) did not exist in the musical. In addition, I was prepared for Tom Cruise to be another Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia who could act but not sing. It turns out, Tom Cruise actually wasn't that bad a singer, but they changed the plot a lot. In addition, I think they should have given the character Sherrie more dancing to do because the actress who plays her comes from a dancing background, but she is also a good singer, but you could tell she isn't used to singing this style and it showed. Mary J. Blige was decent as Justice, but Michelle Mais on Broadway is way better. I laughed so hard during the musical, and i don't think i laughed once during the movie. I just hope that people who don't like the movie won't think the musical is bad and will be turned off from seeing the musical now.
My RSD pain has been flaring. I went to Rutherford for a treatment called Calmare yesterday. More on that in a future post. Broadway has gotten me through so much of my worst pain days, especially Priscilla which brings me to a sad point. Priscilla is closing this Sunday. I will not be able to see it one more time (a 6th time) due to pain. It's the happiest musical ever! Some musicals you go for the art and beautiful music (ie Phantom of the Opera or Les Miserables) but some musicals you go for happiness such as Rock of Ages or Mamma Mia. Well Priscilla takes the prize of those types of musicals. In better news of Priscilla i recently got a pin in the mail that i ordered from ebay that is Priscilla themed. I will post a picture in this post. That's all for now
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